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The tilting causes discomfort. From the article: "In fact the Pendolino had to limit the tilt just to make sure passengers would feel some lateral acceleration,
by tuukkah 6y ago
The tilting causes discomfort. From the article: "In fact the Pendolino had to limit the tilt just to make sure passengers would feel some lateral acceleration, because it was capable of reducing the carbody centrifugal force to zero and this led to motion sickness as passengers saw the horizon rise and fall without any centrifugal force giving motion cues."
- philjohn 5y agoI'm unable to look at a screen on a Pendolino for that reason, I need to be looking out of the window.
- gregoriol 5y agoMaybe they could replace the windows with giant screens and adjust the horizon?
- usr1106 5y ago> The tilting causes discomfort. True. I regulary used Finnish Pendolinos over 10 years ago and it was a pretty wobbly experience. Nowadays they run with tilting disabled and I had nearly forgotten about it. Until I travelled on a Swedish X2000 many years later and immediately felt it again. Maybe a bit less wobbly, but pulling you "into the wrong direction" in a more determined way. Not really pleasant and I can easily believe people getting "sea-sick" especially when working on a laptop. However, without tilting and the same speed the sensation might be worse. I guess we don't know, because without tilting they reduce the speed in curves.